The festival presents a program featuring hundreds of documentary films, seven award ceremonies, various events, and many international guests. There will be both Danish and international documentary films, in several locations of the city.
Right here, right now
The theme for this year is human rights, civil rights, and international rights—this year’s theme focuses on a world where the rules governing how we treat each other, and the environment are once again up for negotiation.
Last year, the “Human Rights” award was established with a special focus on human rights.
This year it will also highlight issues related to civil rights, global rights, and even animal rights — all of which are being challenged in the world around us, right here and right now.
Lowland kids
Among the documentaries shown at the festival is “Lowland kids” – a story about two young siblings, Juliette and Howard, who watch the world they know disappear before their eyes.
The film portrays a journey of saying goodbye to childhood and stepping into an uncertain future.
Juliette and Howard lost their parents, and since the tragedy, they have been each other’s closest support.
Their uncle, Chris, has taken care of them, allowing them to remain in the only world they know: Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana, in the American Deep South – a narrow strip of land surrounded by rising waters.
In 2021, Hurricane Ida destroyed nearly all the homes on the peninsula, forcing residents to flee. Since then, authorities have been working to relocate the entire small community inland.
The young Danish documentary filmmaker Sandra Winther has created a film about grief, solidarity, and the harsh realities of being a climate refugee in the southern United States. The film will be shown at various locations in Copenhagen on March 24, March 25, March 27, and March 29.
Portrait of a Confused Father
Another notable movie is “Portrait of a Confused Father”.
The film tells the story of Gunnar Hall Jensen, one of Norway’s most well-known documentary filmmakers.
Over the past 20 years, he has filmed his son Jonathan growing up — from a child to a boy, and finally to a young man ready to go out and conquer the world. As Jonathan grows older, the distance between him and Gunnar increases.
Gunnar tries to reach his son by filming and talking to him.
But as Jonathan gets drawn in by promises of success and easy money in a world of influencers and hypermasculinity, he starts to lose his grip on reality.
And one day, Gunnar receives the phone call every parent fears the most.
The film will be shown at various locations in Copenhagen on March 23, 25, 26, 28, and 30.
These are just two of the films you can experience at CPH:DOX. If you want to know more about the festival, visit cphdox.dk.
